Mum's Facebook kidney plea prompts 'mind-blowing' gift from total stranger
She underwent a heart transplant 10 years ago, after having a heart attack aged 31 while watching her son play football.A transplant increases the risk of infection because of the medication patients need to take following the procedure, and complications led to Karen developing kidney failure.
- ▪She underwent a heart transplant 10 years ago, after having a heart attack aged 31 while watching her son play football.A transplant increases the risk of infection because of the medication patients need to take following the procedure, an
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Mum's Facebook kidney plea prompts 'mind-blowing' gift from total strangerImage caption, Gary Summerfield told his family "this lady needs one of my kidneys more than I need two of them"ByMatt MurrayBBC WalesPublished16 September 2026Updated 1 minute agoA woman who shared a desperate plea for a kidney on Facebook has undergone a lifesaving transplant after a stranger offered to be her donor.Karen Davey, 41, had exhausted every avenue before turning to social media, where she said she did not "want to leave her family without a mother".Gary Summerfield saw the mum-of-four's post and, after learning he was a match, donated one of his kidneys via an operation in July.
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